The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must use a separate file system for the system audit data path.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-204495	RHEL-07-021330	SV-204495r603261_rule		Low

Description
The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becoming full or failing.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-12-06

Details

Check Text ( C-4619r88677_chk )
Determine if the operating system is configured to have the "/var/log/audit" path is on a separate file system. # grep /var/log/audit /etc/fstab If no result is returned, or the operating system is not configured to have "/var/log/audit" on a separate file system, this is a finding. Verify that "/var/log/audit" is mounted on a separate file system: # mount \| grep "/var/log/audit" If no result is returned, or "/var/log/audit" is not on a separate file system, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-4619r88677_chk )

Determine if the operating system is configured to have the "/var/log/audit" path is on a separate file system.

# grep /var/log/audit /etc/fstab

If no result is returned, or the operating system is not configured to have "/var/log/audit" on a separate file system, this is a finding.

Verify that "/var/log/audit" is mounted on a separate file system:

# mount | grep "/var/log/audit"

If no result is returned, or "/var/log/audit" is not on a separate file system, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-4619r88678_fix)
Migrate the system audit data path onto a separate file system.